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IPD arrests suspect in downtown Ithaca carjacking

April 9, 2014

The Ithaca Police Department has arrested a female suspect in a carjacking that was reported in late March in Downtown Ithaca, police say. IPD investigators arrested 17-year-old Emily N. Morris on Wednesday afternoon.

Emily N. Morris, arrested Wednesday by Ithaca police. Photo courtesy of IPD.Morris faces charges of robbery in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the first degree, and grand larceny in the third degree, in connection with an incident reported in the early hours of March 28th. A man who had stopped in downtown Ithaca reported that he had been released several miles away after being driven out of town by carjackers.

Police say Morris was "arrested without incident" in the 200 block of East State Street, not far from the West State Street site of the incident nearly two weeks ago. Morris and an as-yet-unidentified male suspect are alleged to have robbed the victim at gunpoint, driven him out of town, and stolen his 2005 Volvo SUV.

Morris was remanded to the Tompkins County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 bail bond, and is due back in Ithaca City Court on April 15th.